Category: Violence Against Women
Why ‘Being Loyal’ Shouldn’t Cost You Your Safety, Dignity, or Peace
One of my all-time favorite jazz tunes is "My Man." “My Man” is, i [...]
No One Hands Women Safety. We Claim It, Protect It, and Pass It Forward.
I'm sorry. People talk as if women’s safety is something government [...]
The Culture That Questions Women Before It Stops Men
Femicide. We keep saying it. “We can’t bring her back, but j [...]
Women Are Not Required to Be Available
No one could have predicted how this year would end. It bent sh [...]
Our Mental Health Crisis is a Values Crisis
We have made a choice.
Not quietly.Not accidentally.Not without conse [...]
Why Listening to Women’s Pain Feels Hard—And Why It Matters More Than We Admit
I was confused by my own exhaustion.
I had spent years doing what som [...]
Forced Sterilization Wasn’t a Mistake. It Was Misogyny and Racism Working Together.
"All they know about is slavery"
Do we? Or is that all you heard bef [...]
Black women are not fragments.
We are not pieces to be sorted.Not halves to be prioritized.Not parts [...]
A Woman-Centered Truth About FGM We Cannot Abandon (w/list of resource organizations)
FGM victims’ fury as academics compare practice to cosmetic su [...]
What Happens When the People Stop Listening to Women
These stories are unsettling. I do hope that male podcasters, influenc [...]